enivrer (s.xii1/3)
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enivrer (s.xii1/3)

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[ FEW: 3,201b ebrius; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 9,469c enivrant /9,469c enivrer; TL: 3,428 enivrer; DEAF: I539 ivre (enivrer); DMF:  enivrer; TLF:  enivrer / enivrant; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]
eniverer,  enyverer,  eniverir,  enyvrir  

v.a.

1to inebriate, make drunk: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  Sain ert le vin et bon serra, Ne ja home n’enivrera  228.750
( MS: 1155-60 )  Je eniverai (Latin: Inebriabo) mes sajetes de sanc  278.63
( c.1200; MS: c.1220-40 )  Les filles Loth [...], si enivererent lur pere  (E) 589
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xivin )  Les Pictiens ad ben enivré  4512
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex )  En celle cité Loth demorroit un poy du temps et la fust il enyverez de ces filles et se coucha ovesqez elles  227
2to fill with water: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Les rives de lui (=of God) enivranz (Latin: Rivos eius inebria), tu multiplies ses germes  78.64.11
3to fill, satisfy: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Serunt enivret de la plentet de la tue maisun  62.35.9

v._absol.

1to inebriate, make drunk: 
( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 )  li vins rouges [...] lentement enyvrist, mais l’ivresce est durable  98.955

v.n.

1to become drunk: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  Amestiste [...]; Ki l’a sur sei, n’eniverra Ne ja vins ne l’estordira  43.389
( s.xiii1/4; MS: s.xiiiex )  'Mangez mes amis, E bevez e eniverez, mes trechers esliz!'  2014

v.refl.

1to become drunk: 
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  N’ai beu ne vin ne el par unt l’um se poisse enivrer  5
( c.1200; MS: c.1220-40 )  Un jur avint que Noé s’eniverat  (E) 292
( MS: s.xiii2 )  Ki sei mesmes enivere, par (l. pur) aultres enivre[r]  (O) 11

p.pr._as_a.

1intoxicating, filled with wine: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Tu encraissas en olie mun chef, e li miens calices enivranz mult clers est (Latin:  calix meus inebrians quam praeclarus est)  5422.7

p.p._as_a.

1drunken: 
( c.1305; MS: c.1330 )  Grant solaz en a kant veit les urs enyveris Chanceler enver le mur ou chair al palis  p.43

sbst._inf.

1drunkenness: 
( s.xiim; MS: s.xiiiin )  (Amethyst) legiere est a entallier e cuntrarie est a eniverer  100
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